News from SUNY ESF by campus delegate - Jane Verostek - Associate Librarian - Moon Library - SUNY ESF
It was just announced that Moon Library received a “I2NY Library as Publisher Innovator Grant Awards” (Grants Supported by NY 3Rs Association, Inc.).
The NY 3Rs Association, Inc. is pleased to announce that two New York libraries have been awarded “I2NY Library as Publisher Innovator” grants -- the Fulton Public Library and the F. Franklin Moon Library at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Each will receive $5,000. The I2NY Work Group on Libraries as Publishers developed the grant process to highlight how libraries are no longer just content providers – they are publishers -- content creators -- as well.
Accessing Graduate Student Data Sets
The “Library as Publisher of Graduate Student Data” Project at the Moon Library at SUNY ESF, tackles a relatively new area of library publishing. Knowing that graduate students at Master and Doctoral levels generate many datasets that are all too often forgotten once the student leaves the institution, librarians at the Moon Library at SUNY ESF will work with students and the lab groups to curate the data and publish it on the institutional repository Digital Commons @ ESF -- making it accessible not only to current but to future researchers. Reviewer Lippincott recognized the importance of this project. “Data publishing is one of the most promising and challenging areas for library publishing initiatives. It is still an emerging area and one that is poorly addressed by other publishers, making it an ideal subfield for library publishers. The check-list and procedures developed in this project could be used in other settings and could provide pathways for effectively collaborating with faculty and students in this critical area.” Steve Weiter, Director of College Libraries at SUNY ESF said, "We are excited to be able to provide a platform for publishing graduate student research and highlighting their contributions to the scholarship of the academic community." Project leader and Senior Assistant Librarian Jessica Clemons concurred. “We want the library to be involved in data management and work with graduate students… The results of this grant will demonstrate to our faculty and the larger community that the library is an essential part of the entire research process. We want to thank the NY 3Rs Association for this incredible opportunity.”
Jane Verostek, Associate Librarian at Moon Library just presented at the NYLA Annual Conference. Her workshop was: Virtual Reference Services in the 21st Century - Explore how LibGuides, LibAnswers and LibAnalytics can move certain services into a completely paperless environment, offer detailed guidance 24/7 to your campus community, re-energize traditional library services, improve outreach and at the same time, provide detailed statistics and reports to help with number crunching reference statistics and more!
Steve Weiter, Director of Libraries presented at the NYLA Annual Conference. His workshop was: Open Textbooks and Textbook Publishing Services - Textbook costs have skyrocketed and show no signs of slowing down. SUNY Geneseo is at the forefront of a new movement to create open textbooks to combat these costs.
Steve Weiter, Director of Libraries presented at Educause. His workshop was: Open Textbooks and Open SUNY Textbooks: Cooperative Strategies for Reducing the Cost of Textbooks - innovative solutions are needed to reduce the cost of higher education. The Open SUNY Textbook program, an IITG grant project, demonstrated that faculty and libraries can publish high-quality open textbooks. In the connected age, libraries are poised to support faculty in the transformation of teaching and learning by providing publishing services.